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Electric locomotives were first used on the london underground when the first deep level tube line the city and south london railway cslr was opened in 1890 the first underground railways in london the metropolitan railway mr and the district railway dr used specially built steam locomotives to haul their trains through shallow tunnels which had many ventilation openings to allow . London underground electric train and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle learn more enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone tablet or computer no kindle device required . On 18 december the worlds first electric railway deep underground was opened it ran from king william street in the city of london under the river thames to stockwell. On 10 january the metropolitan railway opens the worlds first underground railway between paddington then called bishops road and farringdon street the underground electric railway company of london known as the underground group is formed by the start of wwi mergers had brought all lines